Webster Dictionary's definition of "scrape" (1830).

Date
1830
Type
Book
Source
Noah Webster
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Noah Webster, "Scrape" in An American Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. (New York: S. Converse, 1830), 730

Scribe/Publisher
S. Converse
People
Noah Webster
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

SCRAPE, n. [Dan. scrab; Sw. skrap.] 1. A rubbing. 2. The sound of the foot drawn over the floor. 3. A bow. 4. Difficulty; perplexity; distress; that which harasses; [A low word.]

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